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G. A. Reisner
Pyr. No.
Basis of conclusion
XLI. a. Heart-scarab.
XLII, XLIII.
XLIV.
b. 50+ shawwabti-figures,
type V 2 e, uninscribed.
Tomb type of group a.
Site of pyramid.
No foundation deposits.
Marked on surface only.
a. Stela, found in thieves’ de-
bris in room A.
b. 5+ shawwabti-figures, un-
inscribed. Type, degener-
ate I 3 d.
No foundation deposits.
XLV-XLVII.
XLVIII.
Marked on surface only.
Site of pyramid.
Tomb type of group d.
No foundation deposits.
XLIX-LII. Marked on surface only.
Name and title, or conclusion
Tomb of a queen, previous to XXII.
Tomb of a queen of group d.
No further material is to be expected from the tombs of the queens, nos. XXI-XXIII,
XXV, XXVIII, XXXV-XXXVIII, XLI, XLIV, and XLVIII. The excavation of the
remaining 18 is incomplete.
All the tombs so far excavated have been badly plundered, and some of them (XXI,
XXVIII, XXXVII, and XLVIII) completely cleared out by thieves. Some of the
tombs appear to have been entered more than once. Stones from the chapel, especially
from the front wall, together with altars and offering stands, were found thrown down
by the thieves in their excavation at almost every pyramid. The greatest destruction to
the chapels was, however, caused by the removal of building stone in later times (Christian
church, Nuri 100). The thieves during the plundering carried some small objects about
from tomb to tomb, or left them on the surface to be scattered accidentally. Thus frag-
ments of shawwabti-figures from I were found in XX, in XXI, in VI, and on the surface
near Nuri 100; fragments of figures from III were found in XIX, in I, and in XXI; frag-
ments of canopic jars from VI were found in VII; a fragment of a canopic jar from VIII was
found in VII; the heart-scarab from VIII was found in XVIII; the heart-scarab from X was
found in the stairway of XVI; and a fragment of a queen’s shawwabti was found in XII.
These facts point to a period of systematic plundering when all the king’s pyramids were
opened up together, and thoroughly looted. Judging from the evidence, I would put
G. A. Reisner
Pyr. No.
Basis of conclusion
XLI. a. Heart-scarab.
XLII, XLIII.
XLIV.
b. 50+ shawwabti-figures,
type V 2 e, uninscribed.
Tomb type of group a.
Site of pyramid.
No foundation deposits.
Marked on surface only.
a. Stela, found in thieves’ de-
bris in room A.
b. 5+ shawwabti-figures, un-
inscribed. Type, degener-
ate I 3 d.
No foundation deposits.
XLV-XLVII.
XLVIII.
Marked on surface only.
Site of pyramid.
Tomb type of group d.
No foundation deposits.
XLIX-LII. Marked on surface only.
Name and title, or conclusion
Tomb of a queen, previous to XXII.
Tomb of a queen of group d.
No further material is to be expected from the tombs of the queens, nos. XXI-XXIII,
XXV, XXVIII, XXXV-XXXVIII, XLI, XLIV, and XLVIII. The excavation of the
remaining 18 is incomplete.
All the tombs so far excavated have been badly plundered, and some of them (XXI,
XXVIII, XXXVII, and XLVIII) completely cleared out by thieves. Some of the
tombs appear to have been entered more than once. Stones from the chapel, especially
from the front wall, together with altars and offering stands, were found thrown down
by the thieves in their excavation at almost every pyramid. The greatest destruction to
the chapels was, however, caused by the removal of building stone in later times (Christian
church, Nuri 100). The thieves during the plundering carried some small objects about
from tomb to tomb, or left them on the surface to be scattered accidentally. Thus frag-
ments of shawwabti-figures from I were found in XX, in XXI, in VI, and on the surface
near Nuri 100; fragments of figures from III were found in XIX, in I, and in XXI; frag-
ments of canopic jars from VI were found in VII; a fragment of a canopic jar from VIII was
found in VII; the heart-scarab from VIII was found in XVIII; the heart-scarab from X was
found in the stairway of XVI; and a fragment of a queen’s shawwabti was found in XII.
These facts point to a period of systematic plundering when all the king’s pyramids were
opened up together, and thoroughly looted. Judging from the evidence, I would put